Story+1999-05-27+Gent,+Belgium

‘‘Now once I was a little baby....and I walked as a little child.....and then I became a young man....and I walked down many avenues....the avenue of love....and the avenue of fear.... there was....the avenue of hope.....the avenue of despair....I walked down the avenue of faith ....the avenue of cynicism....the avenue of riches.....the avenue of want.....the avenue of, of, thank you, sexual pleasure....and the avenue of sexual pleasure....that´s right, I walked down 1st avenue, 2nd avenue, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th.....and then I came to a 10th avenue.....and at that 10th avenue there was a crossroads.....and at that crossroads there was another sign and that sign said ‘E’....and it was a signifying moment....as I was tryng to decide which way to go at that crossroads, I met a wise man....a very educated man playing the piano....play it, Roy (Roy plays) Professor Roy Bittan on the piano....dean of the university of perversity....and then I walked on and I came to a battle.....there was a battle roaring, a Battle of the Bands, that is (chuckles) and I seen a young man, play it, Steve (Steve plays) Steve Van Zandt on the guitar....and then I walked on now....and I came to a city by the sea....and there was a man playing....something really low, come on Garry (Garry plays) Garry Tallent on the bass guitar....and then, then I walked on.....and I put an ad in the newspaper.....and a man came knocking at the door, so it pays to read those want ads, come on Max (Max plays) international television star and drummer, Mighty Max Weinberg....and then I walked on, I seen a guitar man, play it, Nils (Nils plays) Nils Lofgren on the guitar....and then I walked on .....and I met a sweet spirit....come on, Danny (Danny plays) Danny Federici on the organ..... and then I walked on but I was feeling lonely....I was feeling so lonely now and I thought to myself....brunettes are fine, blondes are fun but when it comes to getting a dirty job done, I need a (crowd : ‘Red headed woman’) I said I´ve got to find me (crowd : ‘Red headed woman’) oh, I´ve got to find me now (crowd : ‘Red headed woman’) oh, I said I´m looking for a (crowd : ‘Red headed woman’) yeah now I’m searching for a (crowd : ‘Red headed woman’) I wanna find me (crowd : ‘Red headed woman’) I wanna find me now (crowd : ‘Red headed woman’) I wanna find me (crowd : ‘Red headed woman’) I said I wanna find me a (crowd : ‘Red headed woman’) oh, I wanna find me a (crowd : ‘Red headed woman’) (?)(Patti sings a bit of ‘As Long As I Can Be With You’) Miss Patti Scialfa on guitar and vocals....oh yeah.....it´d been a long, long journey but still, but still there was something missing....there was still something missing....and all I knew was it was, uh, something kind of big, if you know what I mean....say what ?....say what ?....say what ?....say what ?....say what ?....say what ?....say what ?....say what ?....”
 * 27.05.99 Gent, Belgium, middle of ´Tenth Avenue Freeze Out´**

‘‘Gent and back....but everywhere I’ve gone, I’ve seen confusion…and I´ve seen disspiritedness....I´ve seen people lost in the wilderness….I´ve seen people lost in the wilderness....I´ve seen people downhearted, disspirited, dispossessed, analyzed, downsized, stigmatised, factionalised, retropsychedelicized and I´m here tonight to let you know, I´m here tonight to let you know, I´m here tonight to let you know, to let you know that if your soul has bad credit, well, it´s good here tonight....say ´Yeah´....and if your heart´s running on empty, I want to you to pull right up to the pumps ´cause we´re selling high-test supreme tonight.....holler if you hear me.....and if your spirit´s bankrupt, we´re here tonight to lift that debt right up off you, make you feel a little bit freer, try to bring a little liberation....I wanna re-educate you, resuscitate you, reindoctrinate you, regenerate you, rededicate you, reliberate you, reliberate you, reliberate you with the power, the promise, the power, the promise, the power, the promise, the power, the promise, the power, the promise.....the majesty....the mystery…the ministry of rock and roll !…now I know you´ve got your problems, you´re worried about the Millenium coming, you´re worried about the Y2K-problem, stocks up, bonds are going down, mortality, mortality is rearing its ugly head....you know that the Good Book says, Chapter 1 Verse 1, ´Louie, Louie, oh-oh, we´ve all got to go´....I can´t, but I can´t, I can´t, I can´t, I can´t, I can´t, I can´t, I can´t promise you life everlasting....but I can promise you life….I said I can promise you life....right now !…..and all you´ve got to do is say ‘I’….”
 * 27.05.99 Gent, Belgium, middle of ´Light of Day´**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//